MCC seeks corporate support to beautify roads and parks

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March 5, 2011

Mangalore: The Mangalore City Corporation will introduce a new concept “Own your road and park” to repair, restore and beautify the roads and parks by private firms in the city limits, said MCC Commissioner Dr KN Vijayaprakash.

He told the media on Saturday that in all 22 roads and five parks will be taken up in the project. To facilitate this concept the MCC is planning to sign a MoU with the interested banks or any firms to own the roads and parks. After owning the road, the companies or banks can advertise their company on both sides of the road for every 350 metres, he added.

However, the companies or banks should take the onus of repairing, restoring and beatifying the roads and parks. They should look after the maintenance, construction of footpath, growing plants and nurturing them, traffic management etc.

The annual maintenance of the park per acre is estimated at Rs 2.91 lakhs, the Commissioner said.

The 22 roads include Hampankatta junction to A B Shetty; Clock tower circle-Rao and Rao Circle; A B Shetty to Hamilton Circle and Hamilton Circle to Rao and Rao Circle; Hampankatta Junction to Jyothi (via Bavutagudda); Hampankatta Junction to Jyothi (via Balmatta); Jyothi Junction to Karavali Circle (via Collector's gate road); Karavali Circle to Pumpwell Circle; P V S Junction to Ladyhill Circle; Ladyhill Circle to Urwa store; Urwa store to Kottara Chowki; Ladyhill Circle to Mannagudda; K P T Junction to Mary Hill; Mary Hill to Bondel Junction; Bondel Junction to Marakada; Hampankatta Junction to PVS; Karavali Circle to Kankanady Junction; Bunts Hostel Junction to PVS Junction;Ballalbagh Junction to Mannagudda; Kuloor Junction to Kavoor Junction; KSRTC to Kuntikana; Lalbagh to Bejai Junction and Bejai to Basaveshwara Circle.

The five parks include Mahatma Gandhi Park at Mannagudda; Children's Park near Hamilton Circle; Mallikatte Park near Mallikatte Junction; Bhararth Maidan Park near Jeppu Market and SL Mathias Park near Melina Mogeru, Attavar.

Mayor Praveen, Deputy Mayor Geetha Nayak and Opposition leader Lancelot Pinto were present.

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February 25,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 25: A day after Karnataka minister BC Patil felt the need for a law to shoot people who raise pro-Pakistan and anti-India slogans, another BJP MLA on Monday said such people should be shot at sight or exiled to the neighbouring country.

Appachu Ranjan, MLA from Madikeri, said a woman named Amulya had raised Pakistan Zindabad slogan at Bengaluru during a CAA-related meeting.

"People saying Pakistan Zindabad, despite living in our country- eating food and drinking water available here- they should be shot at sight. Or else such people should be exiled to Pakistan, and no one should should show softness towards them and fight cases in their favour," he said at Somwarpet in Kodagu.

Amulya Leona, a woman who raised pro-Pakistan slogans at an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act rally in Bengaluru on Thursday, has been booked for sedition and remanded to judicial custody.

She had raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans thrice after the organisers, under the banner of "Save the Constitution", invited her to address the gathering in the presence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi.

Agriculture minister Patil on Sunday had expressed the need for a legislation to shoot such people, and said he would make a request to the prime minister in this regard. "A law should be brought in the country that who ever raises slogans against India and in favour of Pakistan, they should be shot at sight. Bringing such a law is important," Patil had said.

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August 7,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 7: Following the incessant rain for last few days and subsequent landslides reported at various places along Charmadi Ghat, the movement of vehicles been banned for two days. 

Charmadi Ghat road connects Dakshina Kannada and Chikkamagaluru districts on National Highway-73. The fresh landslides caused cracks on the road and uprooted many trees. 
Officials have closed Charmadi as well as Kottigehara check posts as a precautionary measure.

Belthangady tahsildar Mahesh J confirmed that multiple landslides have hit Charmadi Ghat road.

"The road has been closed for vehicular movement as the officials are at the spot to clear landslide debris. As a precautionary measure, vehicular movement has been banned as there are chances of further landslides," he said.

Hundreds of commuters who were stuck on various stretches of the ghat following a landslide between Maleyamaruta and Alekan falls in Chikkamagaluru district have been rescued.

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April 2,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 2: Kerala reported 21 new cases of coronavirus with eight from the worst affected Kasaragod district, taking the tally of active patients to 256, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday.

Besides, Kasaragod, five positive cases have been detected from Idukki, two from Kollam and one each from Thiruvananthapuram, Pathnamthitta, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur, he told reporters here.

At least 1.65 lakh people are under survillence in the state, 643 in various hospitals.

Presently, 256 people are under treatment for the virus in the state where two fatalities have occurred, Vijayan said.

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